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Interview With Danny Hammontree, Artist At This Thursday’s Dialect

Posted on May 11, 2011 by | Leave a comment

By Strawberry Jam

Thursday, Twilight Notes and Freedom Art are teaming up for this month’s Dialect to bring you another exceptional night of art and music. This time they’ll be featuring nine photographers from the South Florida area and DJs Kent Lawlor, Mikey Ramirez, and Adam Foster. Come and lounge in the intimate comfort of Brew, soak up some good tunes, and perhaps buy some art to take home with you. We’re super-excited for this one and below have an interview with one of the artists, Danny Hammontree.

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Photo by Danny Hammontree

This will be your second time participating in Dialect but you’ve been around for a while. How and when did you get started in photography?

I have always had an interest in photography but didn’t get into it seriously until 2003 when I bought my first serious camera. In the beginning I started shooting everything but most of all my children. At one point I thought I wanted to to do glamour/fashion photography but quickly developed a distaste for it. In 2005 I also developed a huge distaste for George W. Bush and the decision to go into Iraq. I heard about an anti-war rally in Miami and went down to photograph it. My intentions in photographing were because I was against the war but also because I felt it was a great way to photograph people without having to ask them first if I could. When I got home I quickly posted my photos to art and photography communities I was a part of online namely deviantART and Flickr and got great responses from them. This feedback fueled my interest and I began hunting down opportunities to photograph social and political events I was most interested in and most importantly believed in. I feel the meshing of passions made my photography better and inspired me more.

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Your Quick Guide to For Art’s Sake Typeface

Posted on February 17, 2011 by | 1 Comment

By Strawberry Jam

For Art’s Sake Typeface is set to showcase intricate print art from artists such as Chris Ro, Cindy Rodriguez, the show’s own Jose Lopez, and silkscreen-favorites Iron Forge Press. The exhibit will have a two-night opening this Friday and Saturday from 7pm-12am at The Collide Factory, one of Ft. Lauderdale’s newer co-working spaces. Typeface should be a promising show as For Art’s Sake Birdwatch (click for our review from May) was quite the event featuring local eats, music, and beautiful feather-friendly art.

Peep the info below for details. Art will be up to view for free from February 21- March 4 9am-6pm, minus all the opening night goodness of course.

2 Night Opening:
February 18 | 7:00pm–12:00am | Music by Alexander |$5.00
February 19 | 7:00pm–12:00am | Music by Jennie Mahood | $5.00
Afternoon Event:
Lunch, lecture, film, and artist meet & greet
February 19 | 12:00pm–3:00pm | $10.00
541 NW 1st Ave.
Ft. Lauderdale, FL 33301
Keep up on For Art’s Sake here (site) and here (Facebook)

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Speaking of Art & Music…Dialect.

Posted on August 26, 2010 by | 2 Comments

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Until the last year or so the local art and music scene was dwindling on a thin line in Fort Lauderdale.  With a re-vamp in venues and some very ambitious and talented artists, the scene is starting to thrive and its rapid growth looks incredibly promising.  Almost every week a local band graces one of our Fort Lauderdale stages or some über-hip resident socialites are throwing an art show/warehouse party.  This Thursday is no different when Twilight Notes and Radio-Active Records present the monthly (or bi-monthly) coffee shop-cum-art gallery event, Dialect, at Brew Urban Cafe in downtown Fort Lauderdale.  DJs Adam Foster, Mikey Ramirez, Damask, and Esoteric are providing the sounds; your goal is to sip a brew, caffeinated or hop-infused, and enjoy the wonderful works of exhibiting artists Jose Lopez, Estefania Lopez, Ilian Velasco, Kazilla, Raymond Brown, and N! Satterfield.  A typical night at a Dialect event means the coffee shop and its patrons will spew out on to SW 2nd street downtown, socializing over a few choice beverages, and supporting the local indie art scene.  The FTL Collective strongly encourages you to tell your friends to tell their friends and come out to Brew tonight at 8 pm.  The event is free to the public and a majority of the artwork will be for sale if you are so inclined to stock your abode with some lovely local artistry.

Dialect
Brew Urban Cafe
209 SW 2nd Ave.
8 pm – 12 am

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No… Sleep… ’til MONDAY!

Posted on July 23, 2010 by | Leave a comment

by Strawberry Jam

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One of the perks of living in Ft Lauderdale is that there is always something interesting to do or another new event going on and this weekend is no exception.  There’s no excuse for you to be stuck at your local watering hole week after week.  Here are some picks to shake things up that sound promising enough to keep you on your feet for the next couple of days and downing enough caffeine fit for a small diner come Monday morning.

FRIDAY

This Friday ArtServe Ft Lauderdale and The Bubble team up for the fifth annual Red Eye, the yearly shindig that showcases local pieces “aimed at promoting fresh, underground art that serves as a conversation piece”.  Featured visual art, sculpture/pottery, jewelery, fashion, and short films must be centered around either lowbrow/pop surrealism art or social commentary.  The exhibit is $5 from 6-9pm at Art Serve at 1350 East Sunrise Boulevard.  Afterward head over to The Bubble’s Itty Bitty Blazar Gala for a continuation of artwork, fashion show, and music from Dooms De Pop, Bad Ass, Radar vs. Wolf,  Scott Mitchell Putesky, and Green Mantles. $10 includes drinks and treats.  Read more about it in CityLink’s “Look into the Red Eye”.

Join Twilight Notes at Brew (209 SW 2nd Ave) from 8 to midnight for happy hour prices on beer and wine all night and music from Shade, Stell*R, and Adam Foster.  The evening is to kick things off for their new monthly parties every first Wednesday of the month to  be held at Himmarshee Sidebar.

Also this Friday catch South Florida reggae/Jamaican dub band Spred the Dub at Monterey Club (2608 S Federal Highway) from 10pm-2am.  Be sure to click their link to see weekly scheduled shows as you don’t want to miss this smooth-sounding band that’s guaranteed to put on a good show or we’ll buy you a beer.  Spred the Dub @ Monterey Club Facebook event link here.

For those slightly south of the heart of Ft Lauderdale, you have another free event: eLemental eXpressions featuring South Florida dubstep artists Somejerk, Okulus Anomali, Doctor Jones, Indovisual, and FTG.  This runs from 10pm-4am at Now Art Cafe at 1802 S Young Circle.  For time slots and more info check out eLemental eXpressions here and for a preview of what you’ll hear and for future events miamidubstep.blogspot.com.

SATURDAY

If Friday night’s quadruple whammy of art and music doesn’t satisfy your fix, take part in the elusive Laser Wolf Productions‘ latest event: Because We Like to Party.  Art by local fave Gurty, the ever growing Iron Forge Press, and about a dozen others.  Sounds provided by Blond Fuzz, Beings, and Web Low Boys.  The event will be at a 4,000 ft. air-conditioned (!) warehouse at 1145 NE 9th Ave.  $5 gets you in and another Lincoln gets you a beer cup til the keg runs dry.

SUNDAY

Squeeze those last few drops of the weekend out on the beach where Ft Lauderdale’s On Til Dawn will host Mas Carne, another of their free on-the-sand dance parties from 11am-8pm by the Yankee Clipper. Don’t forget to bring something yummy for the grill in appreciation for the free tunes and company.  Check out ontildawn.blogspot.com for featured mixes and music news.

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FTLC Launch Party Hangover Remedy

Posted on June 11, 2010 by | Leave a comment

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by Kate

If this Saturday you find yourself in need of some serious recovery after the Friday night FTLC launch party, you’ll want to make your way over to Fort Lauderdale’s independent artist hot-spot, The Bubble. The Bubble is a local warehouse converted into a sort-of artist enclave where the eclectic souls of Fort Lauderdale gather to display art, make music, and have an all-around good time.  Here you will be free to relax, check out local artists’ work, and have a post-hangover remedy, most likely from a keg.

This Saturday will feature the artwork of “The Loveable Mad Hatter”, Matthew Valera, an incredibly talented local artist barely past the age of seventeen.  Only The Bubble’s second solo art show since its conception nearly one year ago, it is sure to be an event well worth checking out for those of you interested in the Fort Lauderdale art and music scene.  In addition to Valera, artists Linda Nilly, Alice Groll, Donna Haynes, and featured IWAN artists will have their artwork lining the walls of the colorful warehouse-turned-gallery.  Fort Lauderdale’s own indie rock groups Dooms de Pop and Alexander will grace the outdoor stage, while patrons can expect to sit (or stand) drinking beer and mingle with the über-hip denizens of Fort Lauderdale.

The art show takes places this Saturday, June 12, from 6-11p.m.  The event costs $5 and for those over 21, an additional $5 buys you a cup and unlimited refills from the keg. Come and support your local artists and help keep The Bubble thrivin’!

IWAN The Bubble, Saturday, June 12 6-11p.m.
810 NE 4 Ave, Fort Lauderdale
$5/$10 at the door. Cash only.

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